Update: 3 Saudi soldiers gunned down in Jizan

JIZAN, July 9 (YPA) – The Yemeni army’s sniper unit on Tuesday gunned down three Saudi soldiers in sniping operations in the frontier region of Jizan, a military official told Yemen Press Agency.

“The sniper unit shot dead two Saudi soldiers off Jahfan Mountain,” the official said, adding that a third soldier was gunned down off Towilaq Mountain.

The Yemeni army’s sniping operations, during May and June, resulted in the killing of 2577 local mercenaries in ranks of Saudi-led coalition, 19 Saudi soldiers and nine mercenary Sudanese soldiers, according to the army’s spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sarie.

YPA